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US 2013/0199203 A1Published application
Linear Detonation Wave Diverter
AssigneeFirestar Engineering, LLC
InventorsGregory S. Mungas, Gregory H. Peters, Andrew T. Bingham
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Abstract
The presently disclosed linear detonation wave diverter provides a structure and method for quickly and controllably venting a detonation event out of the diverter without igniting working fluid upstream of a microporous barrier within the linear detonation wave diverter. Further, the detonation wave is linearly vented out of the diverter upon the failure of a burst member, which provides a low resistance path for detonation waves to exit the detonation wave diverter.
Claims23
A detonation wave diverter comprising:
- an exothermically reactive working fluid outlet configured to permit a detonation wave to travel into the detonation wave diverter;
- and
- a burst element aligned with the working fluid outlet and configured to fail in the presence of a detonation event and permit the detonation wave to travel out of the detonation wave diverter.
A detonation wave diverter comprising:
- an exothermically reactive working fluid outlet configured to permit a detonation wave to travel into the detonation wave diverter;
- and
- a laminated foil aligned with the working fluid outlet and configured to fail in the presence of a detonation event and permit the detonation wave to travel out of the detonation wave diverter, wherein the laminated foil further permits the working fluid to flow downstream of the laminated foil and prevents combustion from the detonation event from propagating upstream of the laminated foil.
A method comprising:
- permitting a detonation wave to travel into a exothermically reactive working fluid outlet of a detonation wave diverter;
- fracturing a burst element aligned with the working fluid outlet responsive to a detonation event;
- and
- venting the detonation wave past the fractured a burst element and out of the detonation wave diverter.
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